Participatory Budgeting is a municipal project that seeks to encourage the informed and responsible participation of the population in local government processes. In it, citizens are called upon to decide on the allocation of a significant part of the municipal budget, according to identified needs.
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Numbers are a mirror of representativeness and when we talk about the Participatory Budget in Cascais (PB) they clearly reflect the high levels of participation and citizenship throughout the municipality.
The first edition of the PB took place in 2011, 12 years at the forefront; today this annual event is the largest and most voted Participatory Budget in the country.
Involving around 60,000 people a year and a track record of 51 million euros, translated into 219 winning projects, the Cascais PB is responsible for the realisation of one project in every 0.5 km2 of the municipality. These results place the municipality of Cascais among the most outstanding in Europe and worldwide.
It is a project that integrates municipal policy and combines direct democracy with representative democracy, consolidated in a system of participation that contributes to active, informed and responsible citizenship.
